Celebrating its 80th anniversary in 1931, The New York Times asked some of the times greatest visionaries what the United States would be like in 2011, 80 years later.

Great men such as W.J. Mayo, Henry Ford, Arthur Keith, Arthur Compton, Willis R. Whitney, Robert Millikan, Michael Pupin and William F. Ogburn all shared their views of what the future held (via Abnormal Use).

Some of the predictions were right on point while a few others missed the target.